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18 :(a) which is a name referred to in subsection (1)(a), (b) or (d);
 * (b) which so nearly resembles a business name or the name of any other limited partnership, limited liability partnership or corporation as to be likely to be mistaken for it; or
 * (c) the use of which has been restrained by an injunction granted under the Trade Marks Act (Cap. 332),

the Registrar may direct any general partner of the limited partnership to change the name of the limited partnership, and that person shall comply with the direction within 6 weeks after the date of the direction or such longer period as the Registrar may allow, unless the direction is annulled by the Minister.

(5) Any person may apply, in writing, to the Registrar to direct any general partner of a limited partnership, on a ground referred to in subsection (4)(a) or (b), to change the name of the limited partnership.

(6) The Registrar shall not consider any application under subsection (5) to give a direction to change the name of a limited partnership on the ground referred to in subsection (4)(b) unless the Registrar receives the application within 12 months from the date of registration of that name.

(7) The Registrar may cancel the registration of any limited partnership if any person fails to comply with a direction given under subsection (4).

(8) The Registrar may, if he is satisfied that a person who is directed under subsection (4) to change the name of a limited partnership had applied for registration of that name in bad faith, require that person to pay the Registrar such fees as may be prescribed, and such fees shall be recoverable as a debt due to the Government.

(9) Any person who is aggrieved by a direction of the Registrar under subsection (4) or a requirement of the Registrar under subsection (8) may, within 30 days of the date of the direction or requirement, appeal to the Minister whose decision shall be final.

(10) For the avoidance of doubt, where the Registrar makes a decision under subsection (4) or the Minister makes a decision under subsection (9), he shall accept as correct any decision of the High Court to grant an injunction referred to in subsection (4)(c).

(11) The Minister may make regulations for the purpose of determining the matters referred to in subsections (1) and (4).